Interviewed for BBC article on Instagram

Posted on 11th Apr 2012 by lomokev

Instagram has been all over the news recently with the announcement that it’s being purchased by Facebook for one billion dollars. If by some small chance you don’t know what Instagram is you can read a review I wrote here. Stephen Dowling wrote a piece for the BBC online magazine titled “Has Instagram made everyone’s photos look the same?”. I was one of the Instagram users he interviewed, you can read the article in full here. I thought it would be nice to post my responses to Stephen’s questions in full in case you’re curious for more.

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Create in Brighton winners announced at Coalition

Posted on 31st Mar 2012 by lomokev

The first “Create in Brighton” prize winners were announced on March 29th by judges Lawrence Zeegen and myself, live on stage at Coalition. Create in Brighton was a creative competition that has been running since the beginning of the year. Hundreds of entries from people with a connection to Brighton were whittled down to thirty finalists by Lawrence Zeegen, Sarah Arnett and myself.

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A year in the life of lomokev with some help from Everyday on the iPhone

Posted on 23rd Mar 2012 by lomokev

Just over a year ago I reviewed an app for the iPhone called Everyday. The premise is quite simple, it prompts you to take a photo of yourself every day or at an interval that you set. I get prompted 3 times a day, that way even if I miss one photo I would never miss a whole day. You can keep up with my Everyday project by following my Everyday Tumblr blog.

Below is the resulting movie, it’s made from 730 frames displayed at 10 frames a second, you see roughly 3 days every second. The sound track was specially crafted by Malcolm Goldie. Watch the beard grow!


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Upcoming group exhibitions in March – May 2012

Posted on 19th Mar 2012 by lomokev

Over the next few months I will have work on display at three exhibitions, two in Brighton and one in Berkeley, California. The shows are: Analogue, Instaland and a good old Open House (but not my house).

Analogue

Analogue will showcase film photography from five brighton photographers: Tom Welland, Adam Bronkhorst, 25ThC, Captainbonobo and myself. Works shown in the show where produced on a variety of different film cameras and films. Some of the cameras that were used to produce images for the show will be on display, this should keep the most hardened camera geeks happy.

kerry's new shoes

Analogue is at the Artist Residence Gallery, 33 Regency Square, Brighton, BN1 2GG
The Private view is on the 21st March 6-9pm. Facebook event page.
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Winter trend spotting for Brighton Source and their funky new website

Posted on 11th Feb 2012 by lomokev

Source Magazine takes a little break in January this means I have a little break from trend spotting. It’s a good thing to as trend spotting in the winter is a little difficult because everyone tends to wear long coats which covers up their styles.

Source have just relaunched their website, not only does it look nice it’s also really easy to find older content. I have been putting my montage portraits on my blog, Flickr, and Tumblr but I only upload the images. Now you read the interviews that source have conducted with featured people all in one place on my author page on their site here.

This month features a male which is pretty unusual so I was really happy they picked the rather dapper Harry Watts fellow photographer and friend. Check him out and the other candidates below. Continue reading →

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Brighton Christmas Day Swim 2011

Posted on 8th Jan 2012 by lomokev

I am a sea bather, I swim in the sea all year round without a wetsuit in temperatures as low as 4°C (39°F) and have been doing this for the past 8 years. For the most part I go swimming with my fellow members of the Brighton swimming club at 7:30AM when no one else is around to see our cold water exploits. Once a year that changes. On Christmas day the swimming club swims at 11am when it is joined by a large number of none club members and as many as 100 people enter the water. It’s not just the extra company we have in the water, we are also watched by over a thousand people who line the beach and the groynes. Many of the swimmers don fancy dress costumes which, combined with the large crowds, makes it a fantastic event to document. The only problem is that it’s a very challenging environment to shoot in. I take my photos from the water with my Nikonos V waterproof camera.

average christmas day fun

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Lomokev judging Create In Brighton competition with £1000 cash prize

Posted on 12th Dec 2011 by lomokev

Are you a creative type living or working in Brighton? Then you could enter Create in Brighton. It’s a graphic design, photography and illustration competition in association with Know the Not Known and Tiger Beer.

I have been asked to judge along with Lawrence Zeegen and Sarah Arnett. The theme of the competition is “discover” and the top prize if £1000 cash. Work must be submitted by the Sunday 20nd of January 2012. For more details and how to enter check out the website or the competition Facebook page.

Even though I am a little biased I can say it’s a great competition to enter as its free, its quite common for comps to ask for an entrance fees sometimes £15+. Also the £1000 is in cash, other comps will often offer vouchers. So what are waiting for get involved.

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Last street style spread for Brighton Source magazine in 2011

Posted on 11th Dec 2011 by lomokev

The December / January edition of Brighton Source Magazine is out with my usually Street Style section but this time I have three pages instead of the usually single page. The three pages show small selection of some of the un-printed shots form 2011 which is nice as some times I have bumper months and its a shame when certain portraits don’t get published. There will be no issue in January so this issue is way bigger than usually because it has to last until February 2012.

Brighton Source magazine spreads for December - January

As per usually you can see the all the images I shoot for Source in November below. You can always keep an eye on my montage portraits on my fragmented portraits tumblr or in my montage portraits flickr set. Continue reading →

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